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The 2015 X4 is a new addition to BMW's sport utility lineup and slots below the X6 as a smaller, more compact crossover with coupe-like styling. Based on the X3, the X4 shares a similar cabin design and interior layout as its more practical stable mate.
Vehicle Summary
is a two-row crossover with coupe-like exterior styling that gives it a distinctive appearance. It is available in M Sport or xLine trims and exclusively with BMW's xDrive all-wheel-drive system.
Two turbocharged engines are available in the 2015 BMW X4: a 2.0-liter I-4 with 240 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque, as well as a 3.0-liter I-6 rated at 300 hp and 300 lb-ft. Both engines are paired to an eight-speed automatic transmission putting power down through all four wheels. Fuel economy is decent, with turbo-four-equipped crossovers rated at 20/28 mpg city/highway and turbo-six variants achieving 19/27 mpg.
While the 2015 X4 xDrive28i's turbo-four provides good acceleration, the
X4 xDrive35i
's powerful turbo-six is the better choice with barely any fuel economy sacrifice for the extra 60 hp and 40 lb-ft, giving the car powerful off the line punch and enables it to perform high speed passing and merging maneuvers effortlessly. While the X4's driving dynamics aren't as good as a 3 Series or 4 Series, it handles well for a crossover and goes around corners very well. However, it comes at the sacrifice of ride quality since the X4's suspension is overly stiff and detracts from its overall refinement.
Space for passengers in the 2015 X4 is good up front but the second row is cramped, particularly for taller adults as a result of the crossover's fastback roofline. Total cargo capacity is also smaller than some subcompact cars with up to 49.4 cubic feet of volume with the rear seats folded down. Entry and exit in the second row is also compromised due to the crossover's roofline and seats that are mounted low. Build quality, on the other hand, is excellent with high-grade materials throughout the entire cabin. Additionally, it also has a long list of tech and convenience features including navigation, full LED headlights, surround view camera, head-up display, and heated front and rear seats.
The Driver Assistance Plus Package adds a host of safety aids including blind spot warning, 360-degree view camera, and the Active Driving Assistant, which bundles together a host of safety aids including lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and automatic forward emergency braking. Selecting the adaptive cruise control option also adds the Active Driving Assistant.
What We Think
The 2015 BMW X4 fills another niche in the U.S. car market by offering a compact crossover with coupe-like styling. In a First Test review, we were impressed by the car's driving dynamics and acceleration particularly with the powerful turbo-six engine; however, it comes at the cost of ride quality because the X4 "rides noticeably more stiffly than the X3" but its handling is only slightly better than the crossover it's based on. The X4's exterior styling creates more compromises in terms of livability due to its sloping roofline, which cuts into rear seat room and cargo space, making it less practical than some subcompact cars.
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ZDX) all-road coupe micro-niche. Take a vehicle with functionality and practicality baked into its DNA, and strip it of both in the name of "style?" No thanks.
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That having been said, the X4 loses less in the coupe-ification process than its predecessors. To wit: Only 5 percent of the X3's passenger space is sacrificed, while the X6 trimmed the X5's by 7 percent and the ZDX measured 22 percent smaller inside than its MDX counterpart. The big losers are rear-seat heads and legs, which are cramped by 1.7 and 2.0 inches the X4. Cargo capacity nosedives 36 percent with the seats up, 22 percent with them down (17.7 and 49.4 cubic feet). That's poor compared with the X6 (which curiously measures larger with the seats up, and just 10 percent smaller with them down) and the ZDX (39 and 8 percent). The price premium mirrors the X6's—10 percent ($4300) with the smaller engine, and 6 percent ($2900) with the big one, most of which is accounted for by added standard equipment (18-inch wheels, xenon lamps, sport steering/transmission/performance control systems, etc.).
To accentuate the swooping roofline, the stylists stretched the overall length by 1.3 inches along with lowering the roof 1.5 inches. Does this visual trickery make your knees wobbly and your pulse rate quicken? It doesn't mine, though I do find the unique dash styling to be pleasing, and my inner nerd loves the new full-color head-up display. I also appreciate the integration of the various driver assistance gizmos like adaptive cruise with stop-and-go, and the discrete steering-wheel buzz of the lane-departure warning system.
There isn't much else to differentiate the X4 and X3. Its suspenders are slightly starchier in terms of spring, damping, and anti-roll bar rates. The throttle and steering-rack tuning are also unique to the X4, its center of gravity is slightly lower, and the seating position is 0.8 inch lower in front (1.1 inch lower in back), all of which combines to make the X4 feel less top-heavy and slightly more eager to attack a byway—especially in xDrive35i with M Sport trim ($1900, for sport trim, seats, suspension, wheels, and a higher speed limiter), which is how all the available test-drive cars were outfitted.
The car is exceptionally fun to flog on twists and switchbacks. The staggered fitment 19-inch Michelin Primacy 3 tires grip hard with little complaint, and body motion control is admirable. The I-6 makes lovely music while blasting between heavy braking zones, and repeated abuse of the left pedal provoked no fade, even on long, steep downhill stretches. I could whine and lament the lack of steering feel, but I'm getting the impression this is as good as electric assist gets, so never mind. The X4 is a ball to hoon around, but it's not as fun as a proper 3 or 4 Series car, and the wagon carries more stuff. So unless this shape just melts your heart, you may be better served with one of the other myriad 3 and 4 Series-based variants.
Then again, while the ZDX flopped, global X6 demand has outpaced supply for three years, so don't bet against X4 success—and an eventual X2 (and X8, X10, X12...).
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A study has revealed that masturbating could have both beneficial and detrimental health effects, depending on your age. Doctors say that the taboo sexual activity that few of us admit to, has links with a higher chance of prostate cancer for men in their twenties and thirties who masturbate often.
However, interestingly, when men get to their fifties, masturbating could actually protect against the cancer as it releases toxins that have built up over the decades.
Prostate cancer is driven by testosterone - the male hormone. Men who have high levels of the hormone in their body normally have a higher sex drive and consequently a bigger risk of prostate cancer.
In the past research has centred around older men, as it is uncommon to get prostate cancer under the age of 50. Researchers at the University of Nottingham looked at the connection between sexual activity in younger men and the cancer to see if it had an affect on their chances of having it in the future. Over 400 men who had prostate cancer diagnosed under the age of 60 answered questions about their sexual practices over the past decades and results were compared with 400 controls.
The results display that those who were more sexually active in their twenties - sexual intercourse or masturbating more than 20 times a month - had a higher risk factor. Masturbating often, but not having sex in the twenties and thirties showed an important link to the development of prostate cancer in latter years.
Men in their 50s who had frequent sexual activity (over 10 times a month for sexual intercourse and masturbation combined) had a limited decrease in the disease. The protective effect was more significant when masturbation was looked at on its own.
Polyxeni Dimitripolou, who headed the research, published in the British Journal of Urology International, commented, "It seems as if keeping up a certain level of sexual activity through the decades is better than having a high level early [in the 20s and 30s] and then nothing." "One theory is that during the early years the prostate gland is more susceptible to hormonal changes and is still developing. As men age and accumulate toxins from the diet or through their lungs , sexual activity may help release them. Studies have found toxins in the semen and the fluid produced in the prostate. As you age it is more important to flush them out."
However, she could not identify what specifically about masturbation rather than sexual intercourse had such an effect on the increased or decreased risk of prostate cancer.
"For our sample there was no association with intercourse – all the effect was coming from masturbation. But it may have to do with our group of men. With a different group there could be different findings." She also said, "What makes our study stand out from previous research is that we focused on a younger age group than normal and included both intercourse and masturbation at various stages in people's lives." " A possible explanation for the protective effect that men in their fifties appear to receive from overall sexual activity, and particularly masturbation, is that the release of accumulated toxins during sexual activity reduces the risk of developing cancer in the prostate area. This theory has, however, not been firmly established and further research is necessary."

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International Journal of Emergency Medicine
, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp 239-264
First online:
Outcomes considered most important by emergency physicians when determining disposition of patients with pulmonary embolism
- Christopher KabrhelAffiliated withDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Email author
- , Weston SaccoAffiliated withDavidson College
- , Shan LiuAffiliated withDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- , Praveen HariharanAffiliated withInternal Medicine Residency Program, Boston University Medical Center
Clinical decision rules for the disposition of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) are typically validated against an outcome of 30-day mortality or disease recurrence. There is little justification for this time frame, nor is it clear whether this outcome reflects emergency department (ED) decision making.
To determine which outcomes emergency physicians (EP) consider most relevant to disposition decisions.
Survey of attending EPs in geographically diverse US states using acute PE as the diagnostic framework. Responses required single-answer multiple choice, a numerical percentage, rank-ordered responses, or a five-point Likert scale. We distributed the survey via e-mail to 608 EPs.
We received responses from 292 (48%) EPs: 88% board certified, 91% trained in emergency medicine, and 70% work in academics. Respondents reported discharging 1% of patients with PE from the ED, but 21% reported being asked to do so by an admitting service. EPs were more interested in knowing 5-day (in hospital) outcomes [192/265, 72% (95% exact CI = 66%–78%)] than 30-day outcomes [39/261, 15% (95% exact CI = 11%–20%)] or 90-day outcomes [29/263, 11% (95% exact CI = 8%–15%)]. On a Likert scale, 212/241 (88%, 95% exact CI = 83%–92%) agreed or strongly agreed that they considered 5-day (in hospital) clinical deterioration when making a decision to admit or discharge a patient from the ED compared to 184/242 (76%, 95% exact CI = 70%–81%) and 73/242 (30%, 95% exact CI = 24%–36%) for 30 and 90 days, respectively. A wide variety of clinical outcomes beyond death or recurrent PE were considered indicative of clinical deterioration.
Five-day (in hospital) outcomes that incorporate a variety of clinical deterioration events are of interest to EPs when determining the disposition of ED patients with PE. Researchers should consider this when developing and validating clinical decision rules.
KeywordsClinical decision rule Outcomes Emergency department Pulmonary embolism Venous thromboembolism
- Title
- Outcomes considered most important by emergency physicians when determining disposition of patients with pulmonary embolism
- Open Access
- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
- Journal
International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 4 , pp 239-264
- Cover Date
- 2010-12
- 10.1007/s12245-010-0206-8
- Print ISSN
- 1865-1372
- Online ISSN
- 1865-1380
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Clinical decision rule
- Outcomes
- Emergency department
- Pulmonary embolism
- Venous thromboembolism
- Authors
- Christopher Kabrhel (1)
- Weston Sacco (2)
- Shan Liu (1)
- Praveen Hariharan (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Zero Emerson Place, Suite 3B, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- 2. Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA
- 3. Internal Medicine Residency Program, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA


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Here it is at last, the first Agatha Christie musical. Eight women are isolated in a snowbound cottage, there is a corpse with a knife in his back, all of the women are potential suspects, plus six song and dance numbers. The cast is a roll call of French legends. In alphabetical order: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Ledoyen, Firmine Richard and Ludivine Sagnier.
From the opening shot, the film cheerfully lets us know it's a spoof of overproduced Hollywood musicals. We pan past tree branches impossibly laden with picturesque snow and find a charming cottage where guests are just arriving. Eight women have gathered to celebrate Christmas with Marcel, who is the husband of Gaby (Deneuve), the son-in-law of Mamy (Darrieux), the brother-in-law of Aunt Augustine (Huppert), the father of Catherine (Sagnier) and Suzon (Ledoyen), the employer of the domestic servants Madame Chanel (Richard) and Louise (Beart), and the brother of the late-arriving Pierrette (Ardant).
"Monsieur died in his bed with a knife in his back," the assembled company is informed. And (significant detail required in all isolated rural murders) "the dogs didn't bark all night." The women absorb this news while dressed in stunning designer fashions (even the maids look chic) and deployed around a large, sunny room that looks like nothing so much as a stage set--even to the detail that all the furniture is behind the actresses most of the time. Only a couple of brief excursions upstairs prevent the movie from taking place entirely on this one bright set, where nothing looks used or lived with.
The artificiality is so jolly that we're not surprised when the first song begins, because "8 Women" is in no sense serious about murder, its plot, or anything else. It's an elaborate excuse to have fun with its cast, and we realize we've been waiting a long time for Catherine Deneuve to come right out and say of Isabelle Huppert: "I'm beautiful and rich. She's ugly and poor." I had also just about given up hope of ever seeing Deneuve and Fanny Ardant rolling around on the floor pulling each other's hair.
In a cast where everybody has fun, Huppert has the most, as Augustine. She and her mother (Darrieux) have been living rent-free in Marcel's cottage with her sister (Deneuve), but that has not inspired Augustine to compromise in her fierce resentment and spinsterish isolation. She stalks around the set like Whistler's mother, frowning from behind her horn-rims and making disapproval into a lifestyle.
The other characters quickly fall into approved Agatha Christie patterns. Young Suzon appoints herself Sherlock Holmes, or perhaps in this case Hercule Poirot, and begins sniffing out the clues. The sexy Louise is established as the late Marcel's mistress. Madame Chanel, from French Africa, has been with the family for years and lives out back in the guest cottage, where, as it develops, she often plays cards with Pierrette. And Pierrette herself, who arrives late with the kind of entrance that only the tall, dark and forcible Ardant could pull off, has secrets which are as amazing as they are inevitable.
I dare not reveal a shred of the plot. And the movie is all plot--that, and stylish behavior, and barbed wit, and those musical numbers. Watching "8 Women," you have a silly grin half of the time. Astonishing, that Francois Ozon, who directed this, also made "Under the Sand" (2001), that melancholy record of a wife (Charlotte Rampling) whose husband disappears, apparently drowned, and who refuses to deal with the fact that he is dead.
Movies like "8 Women" are essentially made for movie-lovers. You have to have seen overdecorated studio musicals, and you have to know who Darrieux and Deneuve and Beart and Huppert and Ardant are, to get the full flavor. It also helps if you have seen Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," now in the 50th year of its London run, with its cast still trapped with the corpse in the isolated cottage. "Do not give away the secret!" the program notes exhort. And here, too. Not that the secret is anything more than one more twist of the plot's pepper mill.
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Ralph Strachey
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platinum print on card mount, 1890s
6 in. x 4 1/4 in. (153 mm x 107 mm) image size
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YIELD: Makes 8 to 10 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 1 hour
TOTAL TIME: 13 hours (includes chilling time)
- 1 6 3/4-pound bone-in leg of lamb, well trimmed
- 11 anchovy fillets; 8 halved, 3 whole
- 7 garlic cloves; 4 quartered, 3 whole
- 10 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided, plus additional (for brushing lamb)
- 1 1/2 cups (lightly packed) fresh Italian parsley leaves
- 2 1/4 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- Coarse kosher salt
- 2 1/2 pounds summer beans (such as green, purple, and yellow wax beans)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Special equipment: Grill basket for barbecue
Using small sharp knife, make sixteen 1-inch-deep slits all over lamb. Push 1/2 anchovy and 1 garlic quarter into each slit. Place lamb on small rack in center of large rimmed baking sheet. Brush lamb with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap; chill overnight.
Combine parsley, 3 whole anchovies, 3 whole garlic cloves, and lemon peel in processor. Add 6 tablespoons olive oil; blend to coarse paste. Add butter; blend until smooth. Season butter with coarse salt and freshly ground pepper. Transfer anchovy-parsley butter to small bowl. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; chill. Bring to room temperature before using.
Preheat oven to 450°F. Roast lamb uncovered 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 325°F. Roast lamb until thermometer inserted into thickest part registers 135°F to 140°F, about 1 hour longer. Let lamb rest 30 to 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Combine beans and 3 tablespoons oil in large bowl; sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper and toss to coat.
Place grill basket on barbecue. Spread out beans in basket (reserve bowl). Grill beans until slightly charred, tossing often, 15 to 18 minutes. Return beans to reserved bowl. Toss with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil and 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice. Season with coarse salt and pepper.
Transfer lamb to platter. Serve with grilled beans and anchovy-parsley butter.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories1,528
- Carbohydrates88 g (29%)
- Fat83 g (128%)
- Protein106 g (212%)
- Saturated Fat32 g (161%)
- Sodium1,118 mg (47%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
- Fiber22 g (88%)
- Monounsaturated Fat38 g
- Cholesterol288 mg (96%)


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Local political representation in the western part of the county will likely undergo some major changes next year as the area's rapid growth necessitates county commission/school board districts being reapportioned.
Calls to the 911 center continue to increase, but a lack of employees to cover regular shifts has resulted in skyrocketing overtime costs, and 911 Director Mike Smith hopes to solve the issue by adding four employees next fiscal year.
Ready, set, run: Hundreds of runners of all ages took part Saturday in the 10th annual Cheerios Challenge in Covington. The event featured 10-K and 5-K races and a 1-mile fun run. There were record-breaking winners in the 5-K race: Janet Cherobon-Bangom, 32, who came in at 17:15, and the male overall winner, 27-year-old Robert Letting, who came in at 14:48. Both are from Rome.
The Newton/Rockdale chapter of the Georgia Federation of Democratic Women is holding its spring meeting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday at Cameron Hall in Conyers, 1035 Green St. S.E.
Everyday folks doing extraordinary things for Newton County were honored on Friday when The Covington News and General Mills saluted the four finalists in the 2010 Hometown Heroes celebration.
ATLANTA - During their frantic final day Thursday, Georgia lawmakers passed a tough bill cracking down on illegal immigration, clearing the way for Gov. Nathan Deal to sign it.
Dozens of bills cleared the House and Senate as lawmakers before the chambers gaveled the 40-day legislative session to a close at 11:38 p.m. amid a shower of confetti.
Newton County may be rocked after midnight tonight by a line of strong to severe storms.
Tastes and treasures: The Spring Fling was held Thursday evening at Southern Heartland Gallery, 1132 Monticello St., while A Taste of Downtown, a showcase of fare from seven downtown restaurants, was offered next door at 1138 Monticello Street Banquet Hall. The art gallery event featured an exhibit of wearable art, in conjunction with partners Brendle's, Perfect Fit Lingerie, Merle Norman and New Shoez. A wine tasting, staged by Newton Package, was offered, and entertainment was provided by Marshall McCart.
Newton Medical Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation in nuclear medicine after a review by the American College of Radiology.
Site plans have been approved for a Walmart Supercenter at the intersection of Salem and Brown Bridge roads.
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I was recently contacted by Amy, the owner and founder of Momentum. Her and her business partner, Wendy, have blended their passion for fitness and jewelry-making experience by creating motivational, workout-friendly jewelry. They offered to send me a motivate wrap, which has been specifically designed to be COMFORTABLE so you can wear it when you exercise.
I don't know about you, but I can always use a little bit of extra motivation, not only while I'm exercising but also just daily reminders of why I do what I do. There were so many inspiring sayings to choose from but I decided on 'Love & Gratitude" because it applies to ALL the things in life. I love running and I'm grateful that I can run. At the same time though, Love and Gratitude are two things that I try to practice everyday whether it be at my job, at home, with family or with friends.
Now comfort is a big thing for me, especially while I'm running. The Momentum bracelet is made with a super soft and stretchy fabric that you can barely even feel when it's on (comes in a few different colours too – black, olive, eggplant, red, pink). The pendant is super lightweight and made out of aluminum so it won't tarnish if you get it all sweaty. Huge win.
Now for the fun part – the ladies at Momentum are giving away a wrap bracelet to one of YOU. All you have to do is check out their site and tell me what you would get on yours if you won (just leave a comment below)! Bonus entry if you give their Facebook page some love (and leave a separate comment for this)!
Momentum is also offering a coupon code for 15% off until July 15th: GGS158
I will announce the winner on Wednesday, April 23. Open to residents of the US and Canada. GOOD LUCK!


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Michael Muchmore is PC Magazine's lead analyst for software and Web applications. A native New Yorker, he has at various times headed up PC Magazine's coverage of Web development, enterprise software, and display technologies. Michael cowrote one of the first overviews of Web Services (pretty much the progenitor of Web 2.0) for a general audience. Before that he worked on PC Magazine's Solutions section, which in those days covered programming techniques as well as tips on using popular office software. Most recently he covered Web 2.0 and other software for ExtremeTech.com.
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Odd Magento / Fishpig / WordPress error
If you get an error like:
Fatal error: Call to a member function select() on a non-object in /home/username/public_html/app/code/community/Fishpig/Wordpress/Model/Resource/Page.php on line 119
Then, check you've not just changed a MySQL username, without updating the fishpig configuration, or otherwise Fishpig can't access the MySQL database for some reason. It seems to store a MySQL login in Magento config. I've not yet found exactly where, I'll update this post with more once I understand more about what it's doing.
It presented as the main Magento site throwing the following error:
exception 'Zend_Exception' with message 'dbModel read resource does not implement Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract'
Which it seems that most everyone will tell you to clear your cache to fix. You *will* need to clear your cache, probably. Just, after fixing the MySQL connection issue.
The following line is to make it easier for people googling to find this post:
Fatal error: Call to a member function select() on a non-object in /public_html/app/code/community/Fishpig/Wordpress/Model/Resource/Page.php on line 119 magento fishpig
This post my making sure https://xkcd.com/979/ doesn't happen from me.
Hame Run
I've recently got into playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the 3ds, and this term comes up from the community from time to time. It's a little cryptic to 'grok', unless you're deep in the community, so here's a quick post explaining it.
Put most simply, it's a quest/monster hunt run done as fast (and insanely) as possible. As my good friend Visi explained:
"It's basically where you take in heavy bowguns and stunlock the mob"
So, bowguns being a weapon you can deploy, and stunlock, force the monster to be constantly stunned; locked into stun.
And that's it. If you want to know what 'hame' means, read on…
'Hame', also known as はめ in japanese, is the vulgar term for having sex, or in other words fucking. So, in Monster hunter terms, a hame run is a run in which you fuck the monster over.
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Osomount bicycle handlebar smartphone mount
I want this bad lol
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Loading paypal:
Well hello NSA & GCHQ lol.
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In response to UKIP gloating on facebook..
So, this popped up via my town's facebook group. I couldn't resist responding. If you're curious, here's the wikipedia page on the Indian mars probe.
My response to this, and the assorted "Yeah!", "We should give them nothing" etc, I responded as follows;
Do you understand what an amazing achievement that was? The normal cost of any western probe to Mars? Hell, I'd gladly pay more tax I can't afford to for that stunning gem.
It was, and still is absolutely incredible they did it for so little, and with so little. It's giving them a reason to strive, to push for something different, for knowledge and understanding and plain old new technology. You know, just that thing humanity must get more of quickly, or watch our world burn from a fire of our own making. We fail, we get to watch our grandchildren or our great grandchildren die. All of them.
I probably shouldn't have, and hyperbole just a bit on the All Die prediction, but eh, we do nothing about oil running out & climate change, we're probably all screwed. We're still probably all screwed anyway, but..
I wonder if this has anything to do with the slow-motion civilization collapse depicted in my current read, Ready Player One?
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So, here's something that's been coming to mind of late, especially with the recent death of Leonard Nimoy.
Our digital lives varnish after our death. Oh, don't get me wrong, they'll last a little longer than our deaths — the server this blog is hosted on for example will stay running. However, it won't get maintained, that's what I do, so over time it'll get hacked, or will break. My brother might take over maintaining it for a while, but in the end, the words and thoughts stored here (some hidden from public view) will vanish.
Archive.org is great, it'll keep a copy of these words for posterity.. but who'll ever read them?
I'm not sure if I'm morbid at the moment, or it's just depression talking, but this all feels so.. transient. These words won't have the lasting power of those stored on a book, in the end they're stored on media that'll die a lot faster than a book degrades, stored correctly. Not to mention, they're stored in a particularly complex format, that isn't human readable in any way without the right filter and conversions.
I guess, this is really just underlining the importance of Archive.org and their ilk. Not that I suppose anyone'll care about what's stored here.. much as the most read post here is my brother's posts on linux beep music 😉
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Low Carb Hot Chocolate
One of my bosses sent me this, his favourite easy recipe for a nice hot chocolate style drink. Saving it here so I remember to do it..
Half a tin of coconut milk in a saucepan.
Stir in as much cocoa as you want, and chunks of chocolate too, if you like it thick.
Add some xylitol to sweeten.
Pour into a mug.
Thick, astonishingly satisfying and good for you.
(Obviously, only pour into a mug once all the cocoa has mixed and chocolate melted – I use a whisk, and add a capful of vanilla essence too).
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Giving Is The Best Communication – Thai Mobile Ad…: http://youtu.be/JPOVwKPMG8o
The World full of horrible injustices, life is cruel and unfair. Survival of the fittest is now survival of the richest.
And the worst thing?
It feels like you're just too powerless, poor or insignificant against the size if it.
Starvation, Cancer, HIV, Natural disasters whatever.
Well the truth is there is something you can do to change the world.
And its cheap, and simple and should make someone smile.
Its called A Random Act Of Kindness or RAOK.
Just do one small thing to improve the life of a stranger.
See that a Girl sobbing? Go give her a tissue.
Give your elderly neighbour a Christmas card or invite him round for a cup of tea.
Hold the door open for someone.
Carry a lighter just in case someone asks for a light.
Give out free hugs (I did this once. It was hugely fun. I made sure I got all the people with the saddest expressions 😉 ).
Have a think. Be good to people, even if you don't know them.
Leave a note that says 'pass it on'
Now you may never know the difference that a small random act of kindness makes to that stranger. But this is not about fame or fortune, its about changing the world one small random act of kindness at a time.
My hot tip? Why just one RAOK?
Share the love.
And Dear stranger,
If you find this, pass it on, and have a brilliant week!
(I know my name is on here, but who I am doesn't matter. Thank me by doing a RAOK and asking them to pass it on 😉 )